Thanks again for using my Amazon Affiliate links (US, UK, Canada). I've received reports that my most recent book is "under review" by Amazon. I don't know what that's about, but am looking into it. For the time being, the book's still available for purchase directly from the publisher.

Just an fyi, if you want me to not block the Snakehead Games advertisements then please consider removing the red frame around them. It makes them stand out like a sore thumb distracting my attention from the comic. leave them borderless.

Note from Scott: Funny. I only added the border because a reader complained that the ads were fading into the background without it.

Seriously though, Snakehead Games is paying me money in return for those ads. I think it's only fair that I don't actively camouflage the ads. They are far less obnoxious than virtually any other ads on the web, even with the thin red boarder. If they are a real problem, there are two other ways to read the comic without seeing the ads, and without resorting to an ad blocker (which I'm not sure would work, as they are simple image links) One is to use an rss reader (like google reader), in which case you'd only see the simple text link beneath the comic. The other is to become a paid subscriber, in which case you'd get the comics, in a much higher resolution format, e-mailed directly to you two weeks before they run on the site, 100% ad free.

Sorry if this response seems a bit dick-ish, I am grateful to anyone who takes the time to read my comic, but I don't think the thin red boarders on the static, gray-scale ads that I made an effort to make amusing are really all that garish.

About the ads: I personally don't mind the red border (in fact, I like that it clearly differentiates the ads from the actual content of the page - I hate websites which blur the line between ads and content...), but what I find distracting is that the red borders don't display with the same thickness all around the images. It seems to come from two things:- when you zoom in on the images, you can see that the borders are not a solid red (there's a lighter 1 pixel wide area on the inside) and aren't all the same width (the bottom border of "Snakehead Ad-top.png" is 1 pixel thinner);- the "Snakehead Ad-side.png" seems to be too wide for the right column, and it gets cut by 1 pixel on the right (the image is 301 pixel wide - I guess the right column must be 300 pixels wide?).

BTW, I think it might be cleaner/more reliable to add the red border in the HTML/CSS code rather than in the image itself.

Scott, you can't please everyone. But I think its neat you did their adds in your cartoon style with your humour. If only all adds on the internet were as non intrusive and witty. And btw, in the Franpa post it wasn't your response that was dick-ish.

Note from Scott: I know, right? It's the most efficient way I've found to simultaneously tell someone how great you think you are and what a wuss you think they are. It's also one of the fastest ways to get me to write you off as a tool.

The banner ad at the top of the site makes the page not display properly at 1024x768 resolution in Firefox. Without the banner ad, in the past, the page exactly filled the width of my monitor. Now it scrolls to the right a bit. This doesn't affect me adversely at all; I can still read the comic just as I did before. It does however cut off part of the ads, including part of the punch line on the lower square-er one.

Great comic as always. I don't mind the ads. I think the thin red border is appropriate. You need it to stand out. I am not yet (but will be soon) in a position to be a paid subscriber. Until then I will continue to check out any ads you put up there. I feel it is a small price to pay. Keep up the great work.

Per a quick Google, that seems to be the Irish, possibly, and Felix The Cat.

Oh well. "Right-o", or "Righty-ho", would have not stood out for me, so much. Perhaps none of them are common currency in your locale. I suppose you might have to consider carefully before using "Righty-ho". So many words that it isn't polite to use any more.

I'm actually from Spy Battle, I'm a greeter over there, and I've been checking out the comic whenever I'm not helping out in KSS, it's a great comic and I wish I had the cash to subscribe. For now just reading will have to do.

I am definitely loving the sarcasm, it is hard to find a comic that can pull it off as well as you do. :D

Just for you, Scott:

Have you seen Proteus' blog for today? You have your own paragraph, figured I'd drop you a link. :P

I'm pretty aggressive about adblocking items that annoy me, but it literally never occurred to me to block the "red border" panels: a) they're marginally amusing (thanks!) and b) they neither detract from the main page nor spoil the visitor experience. Perhaps one day I'll even work up enough curiosity to click through one of them.